What Writing Tips and Proofreading Guides Does Proofread Bot Offer?

Proofread Bot's site is primarily a grammar-checking tool, but it also publishes a set of writing-tips articles that cover self-proofreading technique, the difference between proofreading and editing, and step-by-step guides for specific documents like Word files, resumes, and manuscripts. The guides are free to read on the site and are useful whether or not you use the checker itself. Below is what each one covers and who it's for.

The writing tips library at a glance

Self-proofreading: why it's hard and what helps

The central problem the guide identifies is that your brain reads what you meant to write, not what's actually on the page. That's why typos survive multiple read-throughs. The article's five techniques are aimed at breaking that auto-correction habit — for example, changing how you read (slower, out of order, or aloud) so the text stops matching your expectation.

This is the guide to start with if you only read one. It applies to emails, reports, and posts, not just formal documents.

Proofreading vs. editing: which pass do you need?

People use the two words interchangeably, but the guide treats them as separate stages with different goals. Editing is about structure, clarity, and whether the argument or narrative works; proofreading is the final surface pass for grammar, spelling, punctuation, and consistency. The practical takeaway: if your draft is still changing shape, you're editing, and running a proofreader now wastes effort. Proofread last.

Document-specific guides

Microsoft Word

A walkthrough of Word's built-in Editor, its spelling and grammar checks, and the Read Aloud feature — plus where those tools fall short. Useful if you want to stay inside Word rather than switch to a browser tool.

Resumes and cover letters

Framed around the cost of a single typo: it can lose you an interview. The guide is a checklist to run before you hit submit, covering the errors that matter most in a short, high-stakes document.

Manuscripts

The guide makes a point worth remembering: proofreading 300 pages is a different job from proofreading one page 300 times. Long-document proofreading needs a different approach — batching, tracking, and consistency checks — rather than one continuous read.

For non-native English writers

"Common English Grammar Mistakes for Non-Native Speakers" focuses on articles (a/an/the), prepositions, and verb tenses — the three areas the guide says trip up even advanced learners. If those are your recurring error types, this article tells you what to watch for rather than relying on a checker to catch everything.

How these guides connect to the tool

The tips stand on their own, but they map onto how Proofread Bot works: it underlines grammar and spelling issues in the field you're typing in (Gmail, Messenger, forms) and lets you accept or ignore a fix in place, via a browser extension for Chrome, Firefox, and Edge, a separate Google Docs add-on, or a standalone web editor at /app. The self-proofreading and Word guides are most relevant if you're deciding whether a dedicated checker adds anything over built-in tools; the resume and manuscript guides are most relevant if you're proofreading a specific high-stakes document.

Where to start

• Want to improve your own eye: read "How to Proofread Your Own Writing" first.
• Unsure what stage your draft is at: read the proofreading vs. editing guide.
• Working in Word: the Word walkthrough.
• Submitting a job application: the resume and cover letter checklist.
• Writing in English as a second language: the non-native speaker guide.
• Working at book length: the manuscript guide.

All six are readable on the site without an account; the tool itself is separate from the guides.